ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Winthrop Kellogg Edey

Winthrop Kellogg Edey was a man who lived a long time ago and did some very interesting things. He was born in 1900 and lived until he was 93 years old!

When he was a young man, Winthrop loved nature and animals. He went to college and learned about biology, which is all about living things. One thing that Winthrop studied in particular was birds. He loved birds and wanted to learn everything he could about them.

Winthrop was a very smart man and he wanted to share what he learned with other people. So, he became a teacher and taught about birds and other animals to lots of other people who wanted to learn.

One thing that was really special about Winthrop was that he didn't just teach about animals, he also liked to watch them and learn from them in their natural habitats. This means that he would go outside and observe the animals in the forest or the fields. He would take notes and draw pictures of the animals he saw so he could remember them later.

Later on in his life, Winthrop did something really exciting! He went on a trip to a faraway island called Borneo and he brought some very special animals with him - orangutans! Orangutans are a kind of monkey that only live in certain parts of the world. Winthrop wanted to learn more about orangutans, so he took them to a special place where he could watch and study them.

Winthrop did a lot of other amazing things in his life too, but these are some of the things that make him a really special person.